Satellites run out of fuel and have to de-orbit and end their missions. But what if they had access to a practically infinite amount of fuel? What if they could scoop air from the atmosphere and use it as propellant? That is exactly the research that Dr Mansur Tisaev is doing!
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00:00 Intro
02:04 Ion engines
15:32 Effects of the solar activity
19:35 Advantages of air-breathing engines
28:13 What's next
32:05 Non-Earth applications
36:26 Interstellar applications
38:35 Current obsessions
41:03 Final thoughts
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